Linearization and normal form of the Navier-Stokes equations with potential forces (Q1097415)

A normalization theory for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with potential body forces is derived by means of a global asymptotic expansion of a solution as time goes to infinity. The normal form is an equation in a suitable Frechet space, whose nonlinear terms correspond to resonances in the spectrum of the Stokes operator. The normalization mapping is globally defined, analytic, one to one. It is also shown that the analogue of this normalization mapping for the Burgers equation can be explicitly computed in terms of the Cole-Hopf transform.